Zip lookup · NC

28577
Sealevel, North Carolina.

Sealevel, Carteret County, NC · Morehead City, NC metro · population 318

What it costs per month · 28577 $969/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$532 (+122%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $2,597 -1%
$187,287$184,690 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $49,787 +37%
$134,903$184,690 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 28577 $969 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 28577$969
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.

Typical home values in zip 28577 fell 1.4% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Sealevel, NC — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $184,690 as of Sep 2026
-1.4%year on year

Typical home value — 28577

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 28577 $184,690 Morehead City $469,785 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 28577$184,690
  • Morehead City$469,785
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.3 28511 Atlantic 610 — $229,360
3.5 28520 Cedar Island 101 — $287,796
4.7 28581 Stacy 118 — $251,050
9.4 28579 Smyrna 331 — $286,757
9.5 28524 Davis 261 — $226,900
12.4 28516 Beaufort 11,289 $1,800 $416,984
14.0 28553 Marshallberg 413 — $269,433
14.4 28528 Gloucester 407 — $342,726
17.2 28531 Harkers Island 1,060 — $404,172

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.